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Who pays for honeymoon?

Are you planning and budgeting your wedding? And wondering who pays for honeymoon? guys! Take a deep breath, we are here to discuss this very crucial thing.

Honeymoons are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate and strengthen your blooming love. So, it must be your best-ever trip. After the wedding, it is going to be the most beautiful part of your newly married life and that’s what you have always dreamed about.

Therefore, it is very important to know the answer for this question? Is it the groom? Does the girl pay for it? Or the families of the couple? So that you can indulge your preferences and likings in terms of places and budget.

A happy couple

Who traditionally pays for a honeymoon?

If we talk about the old days when weddings were most likely to be done by the groom’s and bride’s families. They have an upper hand instead of the couple themselves, the honeymoons were mostly planned by the groom’s side.

It was the responsibility of the groom’s parents to decide the budget and other things related to the romantic event. Because the expenses of the wedding were done by the bride’s side.

But with time, society gets a lot more open-minded, modernized, and progressive. Now, people think it is unfair for the bride’s side to bear the whole burden of the wedding as it is way too vague. Thanks to this thing, a lot of bride’s parents get relief as preparing the lump sum amount for weddings is very difficult in today’s era of inflation.

Another thing that changed this tradition is now many couples live together before their marriages and are independently taking care of their expenses and other things. So, parents are no longer taking part in paying for their weddings.

In 2023, you can say it is no longer the responsibility of the groom’s parents to step up and fund the weeks-long extravagant honeymoons. You got more ways to fund it, let’s see what other ways are.

Couples pay for honeymoon.

These days a lot of honeymoons are both planned and budgeted by the couples themselves. It is revealed in one of the surveys conducted by the famous media company “The Knot Inc” that in 2010 62% of couples pays for most of their cost on their own.

Genuinely, when you think about who pays for honeymoon? The mind automatically goes towards the couple. Well! Isn’t this the case for you too? This is pretty advantageous for you as long as money is not a problem. But if you have a tight budget, you should opt for other ways to fund your romantic moment which we are going to discuss later on.

So, what are the pros if you pay for your honeymoon?

The biggest edge of funding your honeymoon by yourself is the power to make decisions while planning it. If it was funded either by your parents or some other close one, you will be hesitant to put forward what you want to do and where you want to spend your honeymoon. what should be the budget and what about your bucket list?

It is natural you will feel intimidated by the person who is funding your honeymoon. But when you fund it yourself, you don’t have to stress over such things. Bingo! Just plan it and go on the trip to enjoy it to the fullest.

Getting as a gift.

A couple exchanging gifts

When it comes to who pays for honeymoon, there can be multiple answers. Sometimes you are getting a surprise honeymoon as a gift from your immediate family members, grandparents, siblings, cousins, or close friends. How sweet of them!

This is the most beautiful wedding gift given to someone. Most probably they will present you or at least announce their gift before the wedding. So, you can use your estimated honeymoon budget somewhere else.

Honeymoon registry.

The most modern take to the query is the honeymoon registry or fund. If you are not familiar with these registries, it means the main aspects of the honeymoon which include airfare, accommodation, outdoor activities, and food covered by wedding guests. The couple registered for these things and instead of giving wedding gifts, guests are encouraged to buy these gifts for couple.

The people close to the couple especially bridesmaids and groomsmen love to participate in it. There are a lot of websites that help you set up a registry.

Creating a honeymoon fund will not only cover your expenses but it allows you to enjoy the stress-free itinerary financially. Buying wedding gifts that couples might never use or already have, isn’t much appreciated. Instead! You should make them feel special by buying stuff.

Cash as a wedding gift.

Counting money notes

One last answer to your question: lies in the cash and checks given to you as a wedding gift. There is no better way to use this money.

In this case, you shouldn’t plan your honeymoon before your wedding. You should plan it after collecting the cash from your wedding and adding some of your own money to give yourself a romantic getaway package. Already loving this concept.

Or you can also go on duo moons, which is one of the latest honeymoon trends where you can go for 2 honeymoons. One is a smaller (minimoon) and later on after getting all the cash in your hand, you can plan a proper honeymoon. Sounds perfect, isn’t it?

Wrapping up

Did you get your answer about who pays for honeymoon? The answers are many. It literally varies from person to person and from family to family. But if you ask, in our opinion it is best to pay for your honeymoon yourself using your wedding cash and creating a fund.

Once the budget is decided, we can help you in the planning process. At Moonguider, we provide accommodation services by connecting you with the best resorts and destinations across the world.

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